NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1921, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

DUKE’S SIMPLE WEDDING. . PARIS, June 28. A new fashion in morning suits was introduced by the Duke of Marlborough to-day, when lie was married at the British to Miss Gladys Deacon; the beautiful American heiress, He wore a grey suit, the coat of which, though it bad cut-away tails, resembled a frock-coat from the waist upwards. It was double-breasted, with two rows of buttons, and had a pocket on the left-hand side. Four buttons deeonuerl each cuff. Ifo wore a silk hat, white spats, and a wing collar. The ceremony was of striking simplicity. A few minutes before 11 o’clock. Miss Deacon, in a royal blue dress with gold Bulgarian embroidery, bluc> silk cape, and blue hat adorned with a huge bunch of scarlet roses, drove up to the consulate. At the same time Mr Eugene‘Higgins, a cousin of the bride, and Mr Walter Berry, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris, arrived. The duke drove up alone. The ceremony in the Consul-General s private office lasted only a, few minutes. After congratulations t-o the bride, | the witnesses signed the consular mar- | riage register. They were Mr Eugene ! Higgins, Mr Walter Berry', Mr J, T. Sewell, a prominent English lawyer in | Paris, and Mr L. C. Renault, a friend j of the bride’s family. 1 ! To-morrow at noon the religious cereI mony will bo performed at Mr Eugene j Higgin’s house in the Place d’lena. An i English clergyman, specially summoned bv the duke, arrived in Paris to-day by aeroplane, to officiate. Afterwards the duke and duchess will leave for their motoring honeymoon. RALL-GOERS HELD UP. i i PARIS. June 30. ' A number of luxurious motor-ears taking people to a Venetian masked ball . at the Paris Opera House bad their j windows smashed last night. As the cars wore crossing the Place de la Concorde a number of carts laden i with vegetables wore also making their j wav to the markets. A crowd of roughs j stole carrots and potatoes from the i carts and throw them at the men a 1 ( women in the motor ears. Getting bolder as it became clear that | the few policemen on duty were power- j 'ess in the darkness, the roughs smash- j ied the windows of'the ears and tried to j ] drag the passengers out. Amid a tn- , mult of shouting, police whistles, and j blows, tlie drivers of the big cars went si might ahead, putting on speed, and I j the peaceful portion of the crowd could J j save itself only by terror-stricken j I rushes to one side. ! The ball was attended by 4,000 pen-j ' nlc and £20.000 was taken in entrance j ! money. English and Americans were j j numerous and there were more men ! | than women. 1 - > ESCAPE FROM NIAGARA. ! NIAGARA, June 28. A woman named Mrs A. Raines, who was seated on a lodge above the water, j was overcome'- by (the heat and 1 tumbled in the Niagara Falls to-day. , A companion, another woman, fainting from excitement, also fell in. A nmn- ' her of men dragged her out, but Mrs j Raines had beep carried 15 feet fi'ffin 1